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Tuesday, August 25, 2015

Protest Planned Over Eichenwald Reform Delay

Robert Trotner is an attorney, Internet radio host and good government activist who was advocating campaign finance reform long before the feds visited Allentown. Upset by the news that City Council intends to delay a Jeanette Eichenwald bill to provide for more oversight over Allentown contracts, he has scheduled a protest outside City Hall on Wednesday, between 5 and 6 pm, ending just before a city council committee is scheduled to meet. "They had agreed to consider Bill 39 to stop the Pawlowski administration from continuing to hand out illegal crony contracts tonight but are now reneging. Council needs to be accountable as the People's Bulwark against Pawlowski corruption."

28 comments:

Thank you so much for this publicity of our Let's Build the New Allentown protest and press conference. What has happened in Allentown is a crime - well, to be accurate, many crimes - and city council is seemingly content to be part of the status quo while they monitor public reaction. Meanwhile Allentown becomes a laughingstock. And the media, except for you, seem to be somewhat complicit.

Thank you so much for this publicity of our Let's Build the New Allentown protest and press conference. What has happened in Allentown is a crime - well, to be accurate, many crimes - and city council is seemingly content to be part of the status quo while they monitor public reaction. Meanwhile Allentown becomes a laughingstock. And the media, except for you, seem to be somewhat complicit.

This thought occurs. Any new legislation now, DURING a related and ongoing investigation could be seen by those close to the issue as an admission of poor performances, even guilt. In other words, why admit to a problem now if the entire investigation goes nowhere?

Ask the question why is the Mayor of Bethlehem so strong on honesty and transparently . Whe J G on council wants to know what other cities have ethics rules. ? Hope the FBI has a good lie detector for use in town !

If Allentown city council would resend the term limits , to 2 terms . That was was a charter change by council . Would this be a first step in correcting the problem . Or is this the reason the city is in this mess now , how much blame does council have for having changed the rules and buy into this long term dealings to make this administration so corrupt . At what cost to the citizens or tax payers , who can give a report on the savings ?

In house FEDED being propped up as there circus stick was the first implimentations of the criminal ACTS burried deep with in the bowells of hell at the county level¿!($ This trangretional tranformational resurgence back to the dark ages not only becomming the pussie boil on the ass of the eastcoast now also SINynous with the cistern of the nation, Ooo the sweet smell of the hudson on a damp and gloomy day¿!($

Hi Fred, I think I went to grade school with you. I agree but I think it behooves them to take responsibility for any errors of omission because if they don't they are compounding their blame because they are allowing the administration to keep on its corrupt path. If there were any doubt that decisive action against the administration should have been taken in the past (and I confess I saw problems but not to the degree that Bernie foresaw ), there can be no doubt nowthat council has to bell the cat now. There is no time or excuse for delay.

To all that care ! come to the meeting early to talk to the public at the rally for transparency . Then sit in on the meeting . And then and only then will you see the real issue , lot of question and no answers ! Rumor has that the city has a new finance director (again ) ? Why do they all leave ? Could it be micro management from the Mayor ?